Slimer - Marvel UK

Michael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics (here) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create cover galleries for them. Sometimes this is easier said than done but let's start off with the 13 issue Slimer comic from 1989/90.

You can look at other Ghostbusters related comic posts on the blog as follows...

collected comics here

The best of real Ghostbusters here

The real Ghostbusters - puzzlebuster here

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #1, October 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #2, November 1989, 45p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #3, December 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #4, January 1990, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #5, February 1990, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #6, March 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #7, April 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #8, May 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #9, June 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #10, July 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #11, August 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #12, September 1990, ??p

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Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #13, October 1990, 50p

image sourced from here

Slimer, Marvel UK, Holiday special issue #1, 65p

UPDATED: Robin comic merchandise - an incomplete visual guide

Robin comic was one of the companion titles to the original Eagle comic (along with Girl and Swift) - Robin was aimed at the youngest demographic of the 4 titles. I don't collect Robin material but I thought I should try and record what sort of spin-off ephemera, games etc. exist for Robin.

The main problem with this is that is you google "Robin comic merchandise" you get an awful lot of stuff relating to Batman's young assistant, grrr.

Spin-off books are here

The 1st birthday book is here

The 2nd birthday book is here

The 3rd birthday book is here

The 4th birthday book is here

The 5th birthday book is here

The 10th birthday book is here

The 13th birthday book is here

New additions are highlighted in red

Robin branded envelope

A slightly different 'welcome' card - different editor signature, different address and the Robin now faces the other way

A card welcoming a new member to the Robin club

A letter welcoming a new member to the Robin club

The Robin book of pets

sold by COMPAL at lot 89 in there Summer 2012 (British section) and described thus Robin (1953) 1 13-16 39 Robin Metal Club badge Swift Club badge 2 Robin Birthday Club Cards Robin Birthday Postcard Odeon Film Club postcard. With Boy's World (1963) Vol 1: No 5 and free gift Olympic Medal Ranger 18 June 1966 Victor Summer Special (1968) and Robin 1 (1986) Robin 1 (1953) [fn-] balance [vg/fn] (17) Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £134. No idea what the Robin book of pets is. 

This image is taken from here

and looks a lot like a simpler version of the Swift birthday books that I covered here

A Robin birthday postcard (front and back)...  

...including nice Swift 'stamp' - Swift had launched on 20th March 1954 and this was sent on 20th July 1954 - so exactly 4 months later. 

In the tradition of Eagle / Girl / Swift there were spin-off jigsaws, here's one that I've found so far...

And here's a money box...

I'm sure there must be more stuff out there - can you help?

UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE

I've been pointed in the direction of the 'Dan Dare info' website (here) for some rare Robin merchandise - so here are 5 cards (presumably of set of 6)…

Number 1 - Richard Lion, Peggy, Henry and Pug

Number 2 - Dumpy, Golly and Honeybun

Number 3 - Woppit, Mokey and Tiptop 

Number 4 - Johnny Bull, Woppit, Mokey, Tiptop and Bingo, Bango and Bongo

Number 5 - Johnny Bull, Woppit, Mokey, Tiptop and Bingo, Bango and Bongo

Phil Shrimpton was also kind enough to share some picture of Robin items he's sold on ebay…

Not sure if this is the 6th book they produced or a book for a child's birthday - anyway, it's good to know it exists...now I just need ot find book 4 and 5 and add them in

There was a Robin club (just as there was an Eagle club, a Girl club and a Swift club), in the Eagle club if you were a member for more than a year you got a star to dangle from the hoop on the badge, presumably this was true of Robin as well (even if the symbol may not have been a star)

Not really merchandise but for the die-hard Robin collector out there...

Further images c/o friend of the blog Jeremy Briggs...here's a Robin club badge with a leaf (I think) denoting that the member has re-subscribed to the club...

Jigsaw #3 'At the zoo', now I just need to find images on jigsaw numbers 1, 2 and 4

Dan Dare field glasses

I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog. 

There were...

Dan Dare roller skates here

Dan Dare hairbrush here

Dan Dare tie clip here

Eagle stationery here

Eagle club notebook here

With the compliments of the Eagle club here

Eagle / Girl table tennis medals here

Eagle club cycle pennant here

Dan Dare gyro jeep here

Dan Dare space shooting here

Dan Dare rocket ball here

Dan Dare beach ball here

Dan Dare bagatelle here

Eagle report to members (1951) here

and now it's the turn of the Dan Dare field glasses...

Roy Race - Europe United

This was a recent spot over on the excellent Roy of the Rovers Facebook group (here) c/o Trevor Melvin. Nice to see some Mike White art on the cover. A small addition to anyone's collection of comic themed singles. 

Geoff Boycott, Simon Mayo, Bobby Moore & Bobby Charlton are all thanked for their efforts. 

UPDATED: Superted - Marvel UK

Inspired by this post (from friend of the blog Michael Carroll) I thought I'd start trying to fill in the gaps in his (our? my?) knowledge of Superted comic. You know what though? Michael's right...there isn't much out there about Superted comic. A covers gallery is better than nothing though...

Now updated with the cover for issue #12, #13 and #14

Superted issue 1 - 10th March 1990

Superted issue 2 - 24th March 1990

Superted issue 3 - 7th April 1990

Superted issue 4 - 21st April 1990

Superted issue 5 - 5th May 1990

Superted issue 6 - 19th May 1990

Superted issue 7 - 2nd June 1990

Superted issue 8 - 16th June 1990

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Superted issue 9 - 30th June 1990

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Superted issue 10 - 14th July 1990

Superted issue 11 - 28th July 1990

Superted issue 12 - 11th August 1990

Superted issue 13 - 25th August 1990

Superted issue 14 - 8th September 1990

Superted issue 15 - 22nd September 1990

Superted issue 16 - 6th October 1990

Superted issue 17 - 20th October 1990

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Superted issue 18 - 3rd November 1990

Superted issue 19 - 17th November 1990

Superted issue 20 - 1st December 1990

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Superted issue 21 - first monthly issue - cover date TBC

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Superted issue 22 - undated

At some point Redan were publishing a Superted comic - see below - these issue are #26 & #40 so I wonder if they just took over the licence from Marvel UK at some point and just carried on with the numbering (rather than re-starting from #1?)

and here's issue 61 - but how much longer did it last?

So like Michael says there's a lot we don't know about Superted ...

 - how long it ran for?

 - did Redan take over the licence and numbering from Marvel UK

 - when did it end?

...but hopefully we'll fill in a few gaps as we go along. I'd have to say that the covers of Superted appeal to me much more than the likely contents.

Interestingly Redan also published this summer special at some point - as you can see the cover of issue 4 (published by Marvel UK) has been re-cycled for this cover.